Illness is more than just biological – medical sociology shows how social factors get under the skin and cause disease

Medical sociology examines how social, cultural, political and economic factors shape health in ways that medicine alone ...
Open Knowledge Repository - World Bank

The Journey of Disability Assessment Reform in Saudi Arabia

The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the World Bank (WB) have been closely collaborating on disability-assessment reforms and ...
Mad in America

Social Workers Warn Current Systems Entrench Poverty and Trauma for People With Psychosis

An new article published in Social Work in Mental Health outlines the persistent systemic and structural social injustices ...
TMCnet

How Technology Helps Individuals Appeal Disability Denials

The process of applying for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is notoriously ...
Devdiscourse

Inclusive Disaster Education in Primary Schools Improves Preparedness for All Children

The study shows that a disability-inclusive disaster education program in primary schools in Yogyakarta significantly ...

Social reformer and educationist Vinaya Hegde passes away

Mangaluru: N Vinaya Hegde, an educationist, philanthropist, and visionary social reformer, passed away on Thursday. He was 86 ...

Amplify Ability Celebrates One Year, Announces Expanded Focus on Disability Inclusion Beyond Compliance

Disability-led nonprofit Amplify Ability moves inclusion beyond compliance. With support from major tech nonprofit programs. “Inclusion only works when disabled people are part of the decision-making, ...

Drug Tests in Chandler, AZ: RPT Labs Explores Changing Expectations for Workplace Screenings

ARLINGTON, MA - January 06, 2026 - PRESSADVANTAGE - Drug testing in Chandler, AZ has shifted from a simple checkbox in ...

Call wait times to a CT agency averaged 43 minutes. Then it bought a new phone system.

In October, the average wait time to get a simple question answered by the Department of Social Services in Connecticut was ...
The Conversation

The ‘one chatbot per child’ model for AI in classrooms conflicts with what research shows: Learning is a social process

Niral Shah does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...